keine
[ˈkaɪ̯nə]
The verdict
“keine” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #79. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #79
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
Corpus desk
Index DE-keine · keine · German
keine · rank #79 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #79
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH wieder
Nearest frequency peer: wieder (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “keine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wurde
wurde
99,925 corpus weight
- 1
1
99,924 corpus weight
- wieder
wieder
99,923 corpus weight
- keine
keine
99,922 corpus weight
- alle
alle
99,921 corpus weight
- sehr
sehr
99,920 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “keine” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈkaɪ̯nə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “keine” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around keine (IPA [ˈkaɪ̯nə]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #79 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for keine, with forms such as "ekine", "keien", and "keinne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ken", "kin", "Kind", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is keine, spelled K-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 3Nominativ Plural attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 4Akkusativ Plural attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 5Nominativ Singular Femininum nicht attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum nicht attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 7Nominativ Plural nicht attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
- 8Akkusativ Plural nicht attributiv des Indefinitpronomens kein
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekine
- keien
- keinne
- kenie
- kiene
- kkeine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of keine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "keine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.